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I mainly play Xbox306 or PC... Xbox for some great games and one of the best online systems out there.... even over PC PC has lost alot of attention to the councols over the years... but there are just some things that the PC just does so much better. I would have liked a PS3,... have always been a Playstation type... but when I had the cash to upgrade... the 360 by far had the best selection of games... and sense the bulk of games out... are available on both...I figured I would go with it... turns out.. form most folks that have done both... the 360 games run better on the 360... though I dont know if that will hold up in the third (PS3's 2nd) cycle of games. so far.... the killer app has not come out for the PS3 to make it a must have,.... MGS4 could be that.... as well as Unreal.... but if rumors are true.. those games are only exclusive for a limited time... We also have a Wii in the house.... its fun to get my niece and nephew and friends going... gaming together.... but It just isnt enough for me personally to get into when playing with myself... (alright buttheads... stop chuckling ) just doesnt have that edge that more serous games have.... so for me... it is more of a second system.... fun to have around... but not the "crazy... stay up all night, hopped up on coke and oreos....till the sun comes up and you realize you have to be to work in 30 minutes...." type of systems the PS3, 360 and PC are.

Here is a fictional paint.. sorta taken from the 737-800 as you can see... I have added the disney copyright... sense I used their artwork for the Tinker Bell movie....

supla007, those paints are stunning... my favorite is the Cathay Pacific... they have such a great look for their planes.. simple but elagant... I have to commend you though... thta EVA Air is stunning... and pretty spot on... I started to do one... that swosh... made my eyes go crossed trying to do it.. great job also.. I dont know if you guys know this... but if you go to the display tab in gmax.. and uncheck cameras... you can grab the thumbnail camera and move it around.. you cant move the render cameras... thats how I was able to get the side shots and stuff... you can change its properties like anything else.. just select it and go to second tab.. distance and all...

Most of the cargo 777's that I have seen on www.airliners.net (great resource for painters by the way) are the ER model....or as you said.. the Airbus and 747 Edit: alright... I believe that I have completed the American Airlines texture... and have sent it to pilotdaryl... here is the glory shot... also... included with that is the elevator texture tempate... hope you all like it...

how about this for a first attempt... hey, could you send me the updated aircraft file you have there.. with the wing textures in place/ corrected? also.. for the other painters... on the fuselage template... to give depth to the windows.... select the windows layer and add a bevel in the layers properties... and check the down option... Edit: alright... did some more work on the AA paint... (I still have to get the engine and now nose template to you pilotdaryl) and got the nose looking right.... here is my method, if can be called that.... the balck outlined box is the texture template... I made the lines to give me a line up refrance on the model.. after lineing everything up.. here is the nose cone..

@ Seahawk: I dont know if anyone else has started on one, but I am messing around with trying to create a good brushed aluminum texture ... and as you can see... I have the logo ready. though.. to be honest, I kinda have a cheat going on there,... I have a brush set custum shapes file that has a bunch of airline logos... I will try and package them up.. and post a link for download.

I have already changed the template so that it will line up right in the engine... displaying the wording as it should be...... as you can see in the thumbnail renders... I will get a template made up tonight for that... also.. I sent you the link to the wing tempate by PM.

the same has to be done to the engines... here are some test shots....just to give an idea how I am working this out... here is the lineup test texture.... here are the results of that texture on the engines... Alright.... did some more testing... the problem discused in another poat about the words no being able to be read on both the inside and the outside of the engine.... I changed the orintation of the template and the size...in photoshop.... here is how it turned out so right now.... for the wing and engine on the right side of the aircraft I have everything fitting as it should... the other side will have to be changed as I said earlier... I should have templates done by tommarrow night for both parts... EDIT: alright.. have a layer wing template ready... just need to know where to send the .psd file the black outline is for refrence... you turn that off when you save...

Alright, did some testing with the wing texture.... one issue is how it is set up... with the stabs, engines, and wings... these objects are mirrored of each other... this causes a problem when texturing them... the scrambled issue I belive others are having... the best way to go about is it rather then sharing the textures... you have each of these have their own texture ID... ie a new material or such... leftwing= 773leftwing.psd rightwing= 773rightwing.psd and so on... gmax is trying to mirror the texture for one wing, one engine onto the other side and it causes it to scramble... as in this picture: if there is a way to make separate maps for the parts it would make it alot easier to texture them.... here is the wing texture I made....

I see that skyliner has a going list of textures going.... is that the list he is doing... or is there a master list of planned, requested paints... where I can carve out my workload.. no sense duplicating work if not needed... I will work on tonight, the wings... see if I can get a good fit and send the layers to you... has anyone else worked on the wing texture... already have the placement right...?

Alright, Got the template last night and started right away... mostly trying to figure out how they all go together.... here are some shots of my test renders... still have to figure out the wings and underbelly layout...

if someone would be interested... in sharing the texture template I would love the chance to help work on requested airline liverys... I am sure that a few (most) CJ'ers would love paints done... as well as realworld... I am pretty handy with photoshop... and have some exsperince doing repaints for FS

You know, the only reason that I stopped working on my journal was because I wanted to wait till this mod was finished.... I realized that Broome County just couldnt go any longer without a "proper" airport. No pressure though

I signed up at www.worldinconflict.com/bonus which is the site they point you to when you researve the game instore. Seems there is a big understanding between Massive/Sierra and EBgames/gamestop. And its a bit upsetting that rather then correct the issue.. they are both blaiming each other and saying the the other needs to fix the problem.... So even though I I was promissed access to the beta... from the box: "pre-oder and receive: *access to the beta event. *Bonus multiplayer maps for the beta and the demo. *Massgate account privileges- Secure your online name before the game release." But says nothing about having to sign up first and hope that you get the beta key that makes that beta app work... where you then can put your pre-order code in to get the other stuff. So even though I payed money, with the reasonable expectation that I would be playing the beta by now... There are a few folks around here that can tell you, I am not one to fly off the handle, or be troublesome... but this has me pretty... well as the English would say... "A might bit miffed"

I signed up.... pre-ordered the game... downloaded the bata package... but still dont have the beta key.... grrr

you can infact run it from a diffrent drive... move all programs/sc4 files to the drive.... you have to leave My Doc/sc4 files where they are at... this cant be changed as far as I know... now change the shortcut link (or create your own) and point it to the sc4 exe file... here is an example of mine.. "E:\Program Files\Maxis\SimCity 4 Deluxe\Apps\SimCity 4.exe" -CustomResolution:enabled -r1680x1050 -introff E:\ being the drive that the simcity4.exe is located on...

SIGNAGE! lots of signage! I said this earlier today over at the tilted Mills, and have commented about it to every bat'er i have had the pleasure to talk to, to add signage to there bats, and to the game. By signage I mean billboards, signs, and such on and around buildings such as billboards and banners and such... think Times square or any road that contains lots of buisness, shopping malls, and stuff. With EA already putting realworld ads in games... some work and others dont... but with SimCity (or any of this type of game) this model is not out of place, but accually would lend realism to any city layout. Imagine the possabilitys.... these billboars and other signs could be dynamic... changing randomly, or set up to corispond to specific triggers ingame... ie Mcy D's sponsers having there franchise ingame... you place one in your city.. (or a few) and you will see billbards that advertise Big Macs... palcing a car lot... say BMW.... and you see signs for insurance in your city... and so on. your city is loosing money fast... and billboards pop up advertising lendingtree.com or something

did you all notice the two famous london buildings in those shots.... turning torso and london eye

just playing devils advicate here... but the polish and look of the CL2 screen looks like some great thought went into it... you dont come up with that in a few days.... well least if your not Simgoober or ill-tonkso or someone Could the rushed look of the SC:S pictures be a respones to rumors that Monty Christo was well into development of CL2 and maybe even planing an anoucement soon....I mean E3 is only like a month or something away... They had said... after the release of the first... and again after the updated version came out that they had learned alot... and were already working on the follow up? Maybe EA got a bit conserned about having a bit of competition..... you know they hate to loose a buck... just wondering... thats all?

one has winglets... one does not windows on the upper deck... Virgin has them... other one is set up diffrent diffrent engines.... that hump thing in the back edit: I know this makes my entry invalid.... but I noticed... there is a Hatch for the upper deck on the VA but not on the AL AC darn

if interested... rather then putting up the model.. (some folks are hesitent of doing so)... if you want the send me the texture pattern for the model... that you are using to make these textures... I would be willing to help take some of the request... (to the best of my ablity)....

I know its not really something to do with your journal... but I think you'll like it..... let me know if ya want changes... by the way... for anyone wondering... that is not an edited image... that is ingame Flight Simulator X custom paint

will comment soon

I am starting to think bad thoughts about wouanagaine.... I dont think he is god... possably the devil or at least an evil jenius bent on distracting us withsuch great tools that we dont notice him taking over the world... great maps...ded... hopefully you will figure out how to upload them (Vandy uploaded the map he map he made for the multiplayer region over at Pegs using a file called .sctf4 (something like that)